That is a lovely pair of rifles 3DogMike.

Tell me - are the Grant hammers engraved at all? My similarly early Turner has lovely engraving on the locks and action but nothing on the hammers. I thought one or both must be replacements, but if it were the case that they were sold with plain hammers when all other parts were engraved...

http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=243949&an=0&page=0#Post243949

Does anyone know how common it was that hammers needed replacement?